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It really sucks that our entire legal system is completely ineffective if someone is good enough at lying.
by colpabar 4y ago
It really sucks that our entire legal system is completely ineffective if someone is good enough at lying.
- lostcolony 4y agoAnd doesn't keep/already destroyed records, per Jan 6th investigation.
- fmajid 4y agoWhich is pretty much the job definition of an actor...
- sumnuyungi 4y agoYou can impeach someone and/or offer up other witnesses to chip away at a liar's credibility. "Good enough" doesn't come close to describing the level of deception necessary to render our entire legal system completely ineffective.
- nyanpasu64 4y agoThe legal system fails in cases such as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30838149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30838149, with motivated convincing liars and/or corruption. Is there a better alternative?
- ROTMetro 4y agoJust look at the 'good faith' allowances granted when government officials violate the legal system's own laws and requirements. Not only is it ineffective if someone is good at lying, it just voids it's own laws and requirements if the liar is a government official because 'good faith'.